Communism

In my opinion communism is a good idea carried out very poorly. For the idea to truly work a government body must be truly pure. There can be no corruption in the government or else a dictatorship emerges and absolute power corrupts absolutely.  Countless examples of this have emerged such as the Soviet Union leader Stalin who killed an estimated 51 million over the 40 years of his reign. Cuba has and still does have large poverty rates due to the rule of Fidel Castro. Not since Cuba has embraced a more democratic system have they started recovering. Even China, the world’s second largest economy, has a large amount of corruption. Incidents like Tiananmen Square prove the governments’ wants absolute control over their people and what they want them to do or think. Communism is supposed to give power and equality to the people while all it ends up doing is government all the power to the government and taking away the rights of the people.

  

North Korea

North Korean soldiers fired 200 rounds of artillery shells at a military base on the South Koraean island of Yeonpyeong. Two South Korean soldiers died from the artillery shells while 15 were injured. After the shooting it is estimated that around 1,600 residents of the island are either getting off the island or moving to local bomb shelters which gives you an idea of the kind of conflict that might be breaking out. The people of South Korea feel something much bigger will erupt from this incident and it will be involving Yeonpyeong. The Yeonpyeong island has always been disputed between North and South Korea and I feel that the North Korean government is tired of arguing over it. This incident is what I believe is North Korea's declaration of anger and frustration towards South Korea and that they will no longer take no for an answer. A fight will definitely erupt but whether it’s military or political is up to what happens in the coming days.